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Ferment Nation | Wine is Water

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July 11, 2016  |  Kansas City PBS  |  1 min read

Like Science? Like wine? Join master of wine and master sommelier Doug Frost — only one of four people in the world to hold both distinctions simultaneously — in “Ferment Nation” as he breaks down the science of fermentation, explores the culture of Midwest wine, and cuts out the pretension in this six-part series.

Water is necessary to produce wine at almost all stages. In this episode of “Ferment Nation,” Frost explores why being near a body of water is necessary for growing good grapes, and how water is used during the wine making process.

— The six part series “Ferment Nation” runs Mondays in Flatland.

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